DrVanLeeuwen Wants to Study Peer Groups

question 50

Multiple Choice

Dr.VanLeeuwen wants to study peer groups.When she places together several children who are unfamiliar with one another,they form an infrastructure based on power relationships called

• A) pecking orders.
• B) social hierarchies.
• C) peer groups.
• D) dominance hierarchies.

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Definitions:

System I

A term often used in behavioral economics to describe the fast, instinctive, and emotional way of thinking, as opposed to slower, more deliberative thinking.

Availability

The ease with which a particular piece of information can be recalled from memory, often influenced by recent experience or emotional impact.

Representativeness Heuristics

A mental shortcut used to judge the probability of an event by its similarity to a prototype or stereotype.

System II

refers to the deliberative, analytical and slower thinking process in dual-process theories of cognition.